Life With Nine Kids

Monday, July 5, 2010

Happy 4th of July

My husband and 13 year old, Charlotte, painted my 29 week belly for the 4th. Charlotte is going to paint other belly murals on me over the few weeks. Pictures will be posted!

Our big family...Me and my sweetie in-between lighting fireworks for the kidsLayla having fun -she will be 6yrs old in a month

Summer is here and this is how I know: it's hot, the 4th has passed, the water and power bill are sky-high and it now takes me an hour and 40 min to water everything I've planted. Why oh why do I plant so much stuff every year!? My husband doesn't understand how I can be so happy and so stressed with my garden and landscaping at the same time. lol.

Life is good ... BUT we don't think about the fact that we had $2200 worth of unexpected bills come up this month! ugh. But we have our health, we have each other, we have another baby on the way and so we keep on moving through time happily because this too shall pass.

2 comments:

It's always so good to hear an update, I just love your family! Obviously I haven't met you but the way you write about everyone makes it evident it's a happy family. Your belly looks so great, hehe. :)

Getting everyone to look at the same time in a photo has been more challenging than ever lately, and by lately I mean for at least a year. N...

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We have 9 kids ages 20 through one year old. Besides kids we have 4 dogs, 4 cats, chickens, turkey, goats, rabbits and geese. My husband and I are crazy about each other; we embrace traditional family roles, and obviously like having a houseful of kids. I'm into vintage/retro things, art, and starting new projects. I enjoy homemaking and farming. I'm a trained doula and home birth advocate and have had seven fantastic unassisted births. I have a intense passion for: being a good mom and wife, natural family living and child care, turkey farming, gardening, canning, homesteading, re-purposing, up-cycling, natural baby care, unassisted birth and midwifery. My hubby grew up on a farm (that experience comes in super handy) and has a degree in economics and a masters in finance. Our family is the most important thing to us and we just love our hectic kid-crazy life! I hobby blog a bunch because I enjoy writing; I also write here because I can save a blog as a pdf file and print them up as memories and stories from our life. I want to always have these memories, because so many do fade. I want my children to one day read about how much we love them and each other.